Nursing Home Acquired Bed Sores FAQ
Bed sores are painful wounds that are often suffered by those who are immobile and at least partially confined to a wheelchair or bed. These individuals usually develop bed sores on their hips, calves, ankles, sides, elbows, and knees. With proper care, however, bed sores can be avoided. If your loved one has acquired bed sores while … [Read more...]
Holding Hospitals Accountable and the Importance of Lavern’s Law
On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, the Legislature passed a scaled-back version of Lavern’s Law that would begin to bring medical malpractice cases involving cancer when a mistake is discovered by the patient, and not when the general malpractice error occurred, as under the law at this time. Unlike the previous version of the legislation, … [Read more...]
New York’s Lavern’s Law Aids Victims of Cancer Misdiagnosis
The New York Legislature has passed a bill, which, if signed into law by Goveror Andrew Cuomo, will create a bigger window for filing medical malpractice cases involving cancer misdiagnosis. National law firm, Parker Waichman LLP, is investigating potential lawsuits on behalf of patients whose cancer was misdiagnosed. Lavern’s … [Read more...]
What Constitutes A Medical Malpractice/Negligence Suit?
Medical Malpractice And Negligence Lawsuit. Elements Upon Which The Success Of Malpractice/Negligence Suit. Medical malpractice, which is also known as medical negligence, takes place when a physician, health care professional, hospital, or health care facility does not care for a patient in accord with accepted standards of the … [Read more...]
Attorneys Investigate Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Lawsuits
Ensuring the Best Nursing Home Care for Your Loved One. Placing your loved one into a nursing home or other long-term care facility can be difficult for both the individual and their families. The transition from independent living to a nursing home can be stressful, but it is often necessary for elderly individuals who need 24-hour … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Abuse Statistics Negligence Lawsuits
Nursing Home Abuse Negligence Lawsuits. We need only look at nursing homes abuse statistics to understand how widespread and serious a problem nursing home negligence is in the United States. It is known, for example, that every year, 2.1 million older Americans are victims of physical, psychological, or other forms of nursing homes … [Read more...]
New York Medical Malpractice Injury Lawsuits
Medical Malpractice Cases In NY. Every year thousands of people are injured in medical malpractice cases in New York State. Medical malpractice is negligence committed by a professional health care provider; a doctor, nurse, technician, dentist, or hospital or hospital worker-whose performance of duties departs from a standard of … [Read more...]
Scaffolding Accidents Injury Lawsuits
Scaffolding Accidents Result Of Negligence. Scaffolding accidents are usually the result of improper construction or negligent maintenance of the scaffolding. It is estimated that 10,000 of the 500,000 injuries that occur annually on construction sites are scaffold accidents. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration … [Read more...]
Lawsuits Allege Uber Negligence in Screening Drivers
Uber Does Not Screen Its Drivers. On February 23, 2016, a Minnesota woman filed a lawsuit against ride service Uber, alleging that the company does not adequately screen its drivers. The lawsuit says that after an Uber ride the driver sexually assaulted her and held her against her will. The complaint was filed in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Lawsuits Mount Against Johnson & Johnson Over Talcum Powder and Ovarian Cancer
In a growing legal battle, hundreds of women have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, claiming the company’s talcum powder products led to their ovarian cancers. The suits claim Johnson & Johnson was negligent in not warning of the toxic substances in the powders and the possible cancer risk, the Inquisitr reports. … [Read more...]
LIPA faces negligence claims responding to Superstorm Sandy; Business losses multiplying
Businesses and Individuals Affected by LIPA. Three New York law firms have joined forces to aid the victims of Superstorm Sandy, especially in their fight against what they believe to be a negligent electric company. For tens of thousands of people and businesses on Long Island, N.Y., and the surrounding area, much of … [Read more...]
Slain child’s father sues Nassau for negligence
Negligence Led To A Failure To Prevent Tragedy. The father of Jewell Ward, one of the three children allegedly killed in their New Cassel home Sunday by their mother, is suing Nassau County, claiming its "negligence, carelessness and recklessness" led to a failure to prevent the tragedy. Rickey Ward, of Hempstead, who is being … [Read more...]
Farmworkers sue grower over baby’s birth defects
Agricultural Employer Negligence With Toxic Pesticides Cause Birth Defects. Attorneys representing Carlitos Candelario, the Immokalee boy born 14 months ago without arms and legs, announced Wednesday they had filed suit against his parents' agricultural employer, claiming the firm's negligence with toxic pesticides caused the … [Read more...]
Mother of Mentally Ill Woman Who Committed Suicide Files Negligence Suit against Mental-Health Provider and Doctor
Heartless Assessment Of Mental-Health Provider. Loren Spellers was a 39-year-old woman with mental problems. The last thing she needed to hear from the doctor who was treating her, however, was that she would “never get better.” Hearing that rather heartless assessment of her mental condition apparently proved too much for Loren … [Read more...]
Nursing Home Settles Negligence Lawsuit
Patient Settled A Lawsuit That Charged Nursing Home With Negligence. Survivors of a former nursing home patient have settled a lawsuit that charged the home with negligence. The family of the late Edith C. Jaird had sued the 56-bed Gill Odd Fellows Home over injuries they claimed Jaird had suffered while under care at the home in … [Read more...]
Items Left In Patients Due To Emergencies
Negligence By Surgeons During Emergencies. Surgical instruments left in patients during surgery often are attributed to negligence by surgeons, but a study released Wednesday concludes the major causes are unplanned, emergency operations and obese patients. “The problem is presumed by courts and also by the public to be due to … [Read more...]
